Mixing unripe dates, dates and raisins: those who prohibited it

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: In the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) we used to make nabidh of unripe and ripe dates. Then when the prohibition of wine was revealed, we poured out the nabidh of both of these from the vessels as well, and then we gave both of them up.

It is narrated from al-Najrani that he said: I said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): We live in a land of dates and raisins. Is it permitted to mix dates and raisins and then make nabidh of them together? He replied: No. I asked: Why? He replied: A man was in a state of intoxication in the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he was brought to the gathering of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was drunk. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) struck him (that is, ordered him to be struck), and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him about his drink. He said: I drank nabidh. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What nabidh?" He replied: Nabidh of dates and raisins. The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not mix these two together, for each of them on its own is sufficient."

Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah reports through his father (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not use dates and raisins together in making nabidh, and do not put unripe and ripe dates together to make nabidh; make the nabidh of each of them separately."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade unripe and ripe dates, and raisins and dates.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mixing dates and raisins together, and putting semi-ripe and ripe dates together; and he (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote a letter to the people of Jurash in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade them from putting dates and raisins together.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mixing dates and raisins, and he also forbade mixing ripe and semi-ripe dates.

It is narrated from Uqbah bin Abd al-Ghafir that he said: Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) used to forbid mixing dates and raisins.

Ikrimah reports concerning Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he disliked semi-ripe dates on their own, and he also disliked putting semi-ripe and ripe dates together. But he saw no harm in putting raisins and dates together, and he used to say: These are two lawful things, whether together or separate.

He said: And al-Hasan used to dislike combining dates and raisins.

It is narrated from Simak bin Musa al-Dabbi that he said: I saw the slave girl of Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) cutting away, from the semi-ripe dates, those that had ripened from the tail end. This slave girl would prepare the nabidh of these tail-ripened dates separately and the nabidh of the semi-ripe dates separately.

It is narrated from Abu Mus'ab al-Madani that he said: I heard Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: When the order prohibiting khamr (wine) came, the people would take semi-ripe dates and cut away from them every mudhannab (a date ripened at the tail end). Then they would take the semi-ripe dates, split them down the middle, place them in water, and then drink it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Ripe and semi-ripe dates (that is, their nabidh) are khamr (wine).

It is narrated from Mujahid that he said: A man asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about fadikh. He asked: What is fadikh? The man replied: Semi-ripe dates that are split open and then mixed with ripe dates. Sayyiduna Umar said: That is fadukh. He said: Wine was made unlawful, and there was no wine other than this.

Abu al-Zubayr reports concerning Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he disliked mixing ripe and semi-ripe dates, and mixing raisins and dates.

It is narrated from Yazid bin Kaysan that he said: I asked Abu al-Sha'tha Jabir bin Zayd about fadikh. He asked: What is fadikh? I said: Ripe and semi-ripe dates. At this he said: By Allah, if you were to take plain water, boil it and then put it in your stomach, that would be better than gathering ripe and semi-ripe dates together in your stomach.

It is narrated from Thabit bin Ubayd that he said: Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) used to order his household to separate the mudhannab (a date ripened at the tail end) from the semi-ripe dates, and then they would make nabidh of each kind of date separately.

Abu Abdullah al-Jasri reports concerning Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he asked Sayyiduna Ma'qil about wine. He said: We used to be in Madinah, and it was a region of abundant dates, yet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made fadikh unlawful for us. The narrator said: A man came to him and asked him about his mother, saying that she had reached an age at which she could not eat food; so should he give his mother nabidh to drink? The narrator said: I said to him: O Ma'qil bin Yasar, what did you order him regarding this? He said: I ordered him not to give his mother nabidh to drink.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mixing dates and raisins, and forbade ripe and semi-ripe dates that are mixed together.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were in the house of Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), and with us were Sayyiduna Suhayl bin Bayda, Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b and Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with them), and they were drinking wine, when a caller called out: Listen! Wine has been declared unlawful. By Allah, these men did not look into whether this was true or false, but said at once: O Anas, pour out the wine that remains in the vessels. So we poured out the remaining wine, and on that day this wine was made from ripe and semi-ripe dates. By Allah, these people never returned to it until their death.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not combine unripe and ripe dates, and do not combine raisins and dates either; make the nabidh of each of them separately."

It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla, who said: A man (who drank a mixed beverage) would pass by the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while the Companions were present in great numbers, and they would curse him and say: This man drinks the khalitayn, that is, raisins and dates mixed together.